Smith & Gaston Funeral Home
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Smith & Gaston Funeral Home is a historic African American–owned funeral business in Birmingham, Alabama, established by prominent businessman and civil rights supporter A. G. Gaston.
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| Smith & Gaston Funeral Home canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17302054 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith & Gaston Funeral Home Context triple: [A. G. Gaston, founded, Smith & Gaston Funeral Home]
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Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home
Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home is the family-run Los Angeles mortuary that serves as the central location for the events and character drama in the television series "Six Feet Under."
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B.
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc.
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. is a Michigan-based funeral home company best known for its role as the employer in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on whether federal civil rights law protects transgender employees from workplace discrimination.
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C.
Dignity Memorial
Dignity Memorial is a large North American network of funeral, cremation, and cemetery service providers owned by Service Corporation International.
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D.
Chapel of the Pines Crematory
Chapel of the Pines Crematory is a historic Los Angeles crematory and columbarium known for being the final resting place of numerous Hollywood actors and entertainment figures.
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E.
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is a prominent Southern California chain of cemeteries, mortuaries, and memorial parks known for its expansive landscaped grounds, art, and celebrity burials.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith & Gaston Funeral Home Target entity description: Smith & Gaston Funeral Home is a historic African American–owned funeral business in Birmingham, Alabama, established by prominent businessman and civil rights supporter A. G. Gaston.
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A.
Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home
Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home is the family-run Los Angeles mortuary that serves as the central location for the events and character drama in the television series "Six Feet Under."
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B.
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc.
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. is a Michigan-based funeral home company best known for its role as the employer in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on whether federal civil rights law protects transgender employees from workplace discrimination.
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C.
Dignity Memorial
Dignity Memorial is a large North American network of funeral, cremation, and cemetery service providers owned by Service Corporation International.
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D.
Chapel of the Pines Crematory
Chapel of the Pines Crematory is a historic Los Angeles crematory and columbarium known for being the final resting place of numerous Hollywood actors and entertainment figures.
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E.
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is a prominent Southern California chain of cemeteries, mortuaries, and memorial parks known for its expansive landscaped grounds, art, and celebrity burials.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.